Broadcom dividend history

Broadcom's dividend was $2.36 a share in fiscal 2025, up 12.1% on the year before. That was 48.2% of net income. It has raised its dividend per share every year since fiscal 2016, as far back as our figures go.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2026 Q3 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $8.4B
Dividends (TTM): $12.1B
Returned to shareholders: 52%; of free cash flow
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $15.4B
Diluted share count: +0.2%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 1.3%; dividends 0.8% + buybacks 0.6% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 32%; of net income paid out
R&D spending: 13.3%; of revenue
Sales & admin spending: 4.7%; of revenue
Days sales outstanding: 56 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ billions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Broadcom: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2016Oct 2016	2017Oct 2017	2018Nov 2018	2019Nov 2019	2020Nov 2020	2021Oct 2021	2022Oct 2022	2023Oct 2023	2024Nov 2024	2025Nov 2025	LTMAug 2026
Dividend per share	$0.194	$0.408	$0.700	$1.06	$1.30	$1.44	$1.64	$1.84	$2.10	$2.36	—
Dividend per share growth	—	+110.3%	+71.6%	+51.4%	+22.6%	+10.8%	+13.9%	+12.2%	+14.4%	+12.1%	—
Dividends paid	0.8	1.7	3.0	4.2	5.5	6.2	7.0	7.6	9.8	11.1	12.1
Share buybacks	0.0	0.0	7.3	5.4	0.0	0.0	7.0	5.8	7.2	2.5	8.5
Dividends ÷ net income	—	103.1%	24.5%	157.1%	207.8%	96.5%	61.2%	54.3%	166.5%	48.2%	31.6%
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	27.9%	31.8%	36.4%	45.7%	47.7%	46.6%	43.1%	43.4%	50.6%	41.4%	30.7%

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Broadcom's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Broadcom.